I have been addicted to this one song - Khwaaja Mere Khwaaja from Jodhaa Akbar since the day I managed to get hold of the Audio CD. Keeping my Rahmaniac leanings beside, the song is perhaps one of the best Hindi songs I have heard since a long time. And as I wrote in my e-mail to the music director himself - it could have only been him to have composed such a soothing number and secondly sung it. The song takes you to a new level, quite literally.
There is an alleviating feel to it - right from the time Rahman goes "Khwajaji...Khwajaa". The beats gradually come in - the claps, the tablas and the ever-imposing harmonium with bass strings unseemingly reticulating their chords - ah the feel is something different. And between those is a voice ever so rich, unruffled by the high pitches and more importantly has all the divinity the song needs. And then the interlude with "Ga Re Ga Ga Ga Re" and "Sa Re Sa Re Sa Re" is simply amazing - taking off from where the genius left off at Tere Bina from Guru.
And then the aalap carries the verses - The one between "Tere Darbar Mein Khwaaja" is simply outstanding. It would have been easy for Rahman to break the aalap, but he did not - stuck to it and made an otherwise difficult looking note sound so audaciously easy. Rahman's imposing voice gives an ambiance of tranquility which you intend to experience in loneliness. His voice is the company and the lyrics - a destination to that ultimate realization. The classical suave is constant throughout and notably stands out right from the outset.
Rahman's other Sufi creations are gemstones waiting to be treasured forever - Tere Bina (Guru), Al Maddath Maula (Mangal Pandey), Piya Haji Ali (Fiza), Zikr (Bose - The Forgotten Hero). Barring Tere Bina, the others may not quite be as popular as this one, but if you get the chance - please listen to them as each one has its own speciality, waiting to be appreciated from every quarter.
There is an alleviating feel to it - right from the time Rahman goes "Khwajaji...Khwajaa". The beats gradually come in - the claps, the tablas and the ever-imposing harmonium with bass strings unseemingly reticulating their chords - ah the feel is something different. And between those is a voice ever so rich, unruffled by the high pitches and more importantly has all the divinity the song needs. And then the interlude with "Ga Re Ga Ga Ga Re" and "Sa Re Sa Re Sa Re" is simply amazing - taking off from where the genius left off at Tere Bina from Guru.
And then the aalap carries the verses - The one between "Tere Darbar Mein Khwaaja" is simply outstanding. It would have been easy for Rahman to break the aalap, but he did not - stuck to it and made an otherwise difficult looking note sound so audaciously easy. Rahman's imposing voice gives an ambiance of tranquility which you intend to experience in loneliness. His voice is the company and the lyrics - a destination to that ultimate realization. The classical suave is constant throughout and notably stands out right from the outset.
Rahman's other Sufi creations are gemstones waiting to be treasured forever - Tere Bina (Guru), Al Maddath Maula (Mangal Pandey), Piya Haji Ali (Fiza), Zikr (Bose - The Forgotten Hero). Barring Tere Bina, the others may not quite be as popular as this one, but if you get the chance - please listen to them as each one has its own speciality, waiting to be appreciated from every quarter.
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